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Mainstream Korean historians in general are reluctant to reveal the dark side of the Korean history, which, they believe, will undermine nationalistic values such as national sovereignty, national integration, and national pride. Some of them have even distorted unpalatable historical truths under the pretext of promoting national pride. In much the same way, mainstream Korean political scientists have often obscured, ignored, or denied the fact that Korean political history was riddled with conflicts and divisions among the ruling elite. They have thus made no serious attempt to interpret Korean political history from the perspective of conflict and division. However, it is necessary to interpret Korean political history from that perspective to rightly understand the divisive Korean political culture that has been changed little ever since the ancient Three Korean Kingdoms period. This book about Korean political history is the first one written from the perspective of conflict and division among the Korean ruling elite.

Chin-woo Kim He is an independent scholar in Korean political history. He wrote a book about Korean political history titled "Danjeol-ui-yeoksa" (or "The History of Discontinuities and Divisions in Korean Politics" in English) which was published by Purple in Seoul, Korea, in 2013. The History of Conflicts and Divisions is written largely on the basis of "Danjeol-ui-yeoksa." Key-ray Chong He is an emeritus professor of history, Texas Tech University. Since 1988, as a visiting and regular professor, he has taught modern Chinese intellectual history at various universities outside the United States including Yonsei University (Graduate School of International Studies) in Seoul, Korea, and Soka University in Tokyo, Japan. During his 38-year teaching career, he has had four books published to his credit in the United States. One of them was translated into Chinese and published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Press in Beijing, China.